DOT Report to Congress: Decarbonizing U.S. Transportation

This report responds to a request in Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 House Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development Appropriations Full Committee Report (HR Report 117-99) to document efforts by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to reduce transportation sector greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The report draws on strategies to advance transportation decarbonization outlined in the U.S. National Blueprint for Transportation Decarbonization, jointly developed by the departments of Energy, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and the Environmental Protection Agency. This report begins in Section 1 by providing background on current and projected GHG emissions in the transportation sector and outlining GHG emissions reduction goals. Section 2 describes DOT actions towards decarbonization. The report concludes in Section 3 by identifying additional opportunities to further reduce transportation GHG emissions. While this report focuses on GHG reduction, DOT is also taking action to improve resilience to climate impacts.

• Record URL:
  https://www.transportation.gov/sites/dot.gov/files/2024-07/Decarbonizing%20U.S.%20Transportation_July%202024.pdf
• Corporate Authors:

  Department of Transportation

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 2024-7

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; Maps; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 44p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Decarbonization; Greenhouse gases; Strategic planning; Transportation planning
• Identifier Terms: U.S. Department of Transportation
• Geographic Terms: United States
• Subject Areas: Environment; Planning and Forecasting; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01926539
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Aug 6 2024 10:35AM